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He played college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats. Johnson attended Oak Hill Academy in Mouth of Wilson, Virginia. In 2021, he won an Olympic gold medal in basketball as a member of the United States national team.Table of ContentsHigh school career[edit]College career[edit]Professional career[edit]San Antonio Spurs (2019\u2013present)[edit]National team career[edit]Personal life[edit]Career statistics[edit]NBA[edit]Regular season[edit]Play-in[edit]College[edit]References[edit]External links[edit]High school career[edit]Johnson was rated as a five-star recruit and ranked as the 13th best player in the 2018 class by 247Sports.com.[2] He committed to University of Kentucky to play college basketball, being joined by fellow recruits Immanuel Quickley, E. J. Montgomery, Ashton Hagans, and Tyler Herro.[3][4]US college sports recruiting information for high school athletesNameHometownHigh school \/ collegeHeightWeightCommit dateKeldon Johnson SFSouth Hill, VAOak Hill Academy (VA)6\u00a0ft 6\u00a0in (1.98\u00a0m)205\u00a0lb (93\u00a0kg)Nov 11, 2017\u00a0Recruiting star ratings: Scout:\u00a0N\/A\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Rivals:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0247Sports: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0ESPN:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0ESPN grade:\u00a094Overall recruiting rankings:  \u00a0\u00a0Rivals: 15\u00a0\u00a0247Sports: 18\u00a0\u00a0ESPN: 7Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height\u00a0and weight.In these cases, the average was taken.  ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.Sources:College career[edit]As a freshman, Johnson averaged 13.5 points and 5.9 rebounds per game, shooting 46.1 percent from the field and 38.1 percent from behind the arc. He scored 19 points in a win over top-ranked Tennessee on February 16, 2019. Johnson pulled down a career-high 17 rebounds in a victory over Auburn. Following the season he declared for the NBA draft.[5]Professional career[edit]San Antonio Spurs (2019\u2013present)[edit]On June 20, 2019, Johnson was selected with the 29th overall by the San Antonio Spurs in the 2019 NBA draft.[6] The Spurs obtained the draft pick used to draft Johnson in a 2018 trade; in that trade, Spurs small forward Kawhi Leonard was sent to the Toronto Raptors in exchange for Raptors shooting guard DeMar DeRozan, center Jakob P\u00f6ltl, and a draft choice.[7] Johnson was later listed in the roster of San Antonio Spurs for 2019 NBA Summer League hosted at Vivint Arena.[8] Johnson signed with the Spurs on July 1, 2019.[9] On October 30, 2019, Johnson received his first assignment to the Austin Spurs, the Spurs\u2019 affiliate team in the NBA G League.[10]Johnson made his NBA debut on November 22, 2019, playing two minutes in a 115\u2013104 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers. On August 11, 2020, Johnson scored a season-high 24 points in a 123\u2013105 win over the Houston Rockets with eleven rebounds and three assists.[11]On March 14, 2022, Johnson scored a career high 34 points along with 8 rebounds and 4 assists in a 149-139 loss against the Minnesota Timberwolves.[12] On July 18, 2022, Johnson signed a four-year, $80 million rookie scale contract extension with the Spurs.[13][14]National team career[edit]Johnson had spent time as a member of the USA Select team and trained with the 2020 U.S. Olympic team. On July 16, 2021, Johnson and Denver Nuggets’ center JaVale McGee were named to the Olympic roster in place of the injured Kevin Love and Bradley Beal, who was kept from traveling to Tokyo for health and safety protocols.[15]Personal life[edit]Johnson majored in undeclared\/exploratory studies in agriculture during his college time.[16] Johnson’s brother Kaleb also played college basketball, for Georgetown University during 2015-2019, and was drafted 34th overall by the Austin Spurs in the January 2021 NBA G League draft.[17]Career statistics[edit]NBA[edit]Regular season[edit]Play-in[edit]YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG2021San Antonio1130.7.455.500\u201311.01.0.0.011.02022San Antonio1139.6.300.000.6005.04.0.0.015.0Career2235.2.355.143.6008.02.5.0.013.0College[edit]YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG2018\u201319Kentucky373630.7.461.381.7035.91.6.8.213.5References[edit]^ “Keldon Wilder JOHNSON”. fiba.basketball. Retrieved July 24, 2021.^ “Westtown star Cameron Reddish ascends to No. 1 in recruiting service’s rankings”. PennLive.com. Retrieved December 27, 2017.^ “Keldon Johnson “same level” as great players Steve Smith has coached at Oak Hill”. Vaughts Views. May 7, 2018. Retrieved May 27, 2018.^ “Choose your own Kentucky basketball adventure: Build 2018-19 Cats roster from available options”. SEC Country. May 2, 2018. Retrieved May 27, 2018.^ Fisher, Chris (April 10, 2019). “Keldon Johnson declares for 2019 NBA Draft”. 247 Sports. Retrieved June 26, 2019.^ Orsborn, Tom (June 20, 2019). “Spurs select Kentucky’s Keldon Johnson with 29th overall pick”. Houston Chronicle. Retrieved June 26, 2019.^ “San Antonio Spurs: Keldon Johnson proving he’s the prize of Kawhi trade”. August 11, 2020.^ “SPURS ANNOUNCE 2019 SALT LAKE CITY SUMMER LEAGUE ROSTER”. NBA.com. June 26, 2019. Retrieved June 26, 2019.^ “SPURS SIGN 2019 FIRST ROUND PICK KELDON JOHNSON”. NBA.com. Retrieved July 1, 2019.^ “SPURS ASSIGN LUKA SAMANIC AND KELDON JOHNSON TO AUSTIN SPURS”. NBA.com. October 30, 2019. Retrieved October 30, 2019.^ “Spurs keep playoff hopes alive with 123-105 win over Rockets”. ESPN.com. August 11, 2020. Retrieved August 11, 2020.^ “Minnesota Timberwolves vs San Antonio Spurs Mar 14, 2022 Box Scores”. NBA.com.^ “SPURS SIGN KELDON JOHNSON TO CONTRACT EXTENSION”. NBA. Retrieved July 18, 2022.^ “San Antonio Spurs’ Keldon Johnson agrees to 4-year, $80M extension”. ESPN. July 16, 2022. Retrieved July 18, 2022.^ “Kevin Love out of Olympics; JaVale McGee, Keldon Johnson joining Team USA, sources say”. ESPN. July 16, 2021.{{cite web}}:  CS1 maint: url-status (link)^ “Keldon Johnson – Men’s Basketball – University of Kentucky Athletics”. ukathletics.com. June 6, 2018. Retrieved July 1, 2019.^ “Austin Spurs select Jonathan Kasibabu, Anthony Mathis and Kaleb Johnson in 2021 NBA G League draft”. NBA.com. January 11, 2021. 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